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Salon International du Livre Rare et de l’Objet d’Art

The Paris International Rare Book & Fine Art Fair - A Major Event in the World of Rare Books

The Paris International Rare Book Fair will be held from 7 - 9 April 2017, this year in collaboration with the National Chamber of Experts (C.N.E.S.) and again under the high patronage of Mr François Hollande, President of the French Republic.

This is a wonderful opportunity for the public to visit two fairs "in one": the International Rare Book Fair (organised by SLAM, the French Antiquarian Booksellers Association), and the Fine Art Fair, presented by the National Chamber of Experts, C.N.E.S. on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Read an interview with Mme Genevieve Baume, President of the C.N.E.S. "Knowledge and Know-How is the true wealth" here.

Since 1984, the Paris fair has attracted collectors from francophone countries and beyond. It is one of the largest public events in the world of bibliophilie; over 20,000 visitors follow the invitation of SLAM and its affiliated members each year to one of the most prestigious venues in Paris, the Grand Palais.

"Discover books and bring them to life, ensure free distribution of ideas around the world, make those written pages known to protect knowledge, that's the role of booksellers!" (Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne - SLAM)

Over 150 "libraires" - booksellers from France but also Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Russia, Portugal, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria will exhibit in Paris. will exhibit in Paris. View a full listing and contact details of all EXHIBITORS here!

Antiquarian books, rare and unique, manuscripts that have moved us, finest engravings that tell us their history and simply show the many facets of our written and printed world, the Paris Salon offers it.

Besides the collaboration with the C.N.E.S., the fair has invited the Franco-American Museum of Blérancourt as the 2017 Guest of Honour. Unique in France, the museum is dedicated to the transatlantic relationship and was founded by Anne Morgan, daughter of the American banker and collector Pierpont Morgan, as part of his participation of the reconstruction of the Picardie after WWI.

Amongst the museum’s collection are a Centre of Research and the museum’s library holding over eight thousand works and archives covering the historical and artistic relationship between France and the United States.

Henri Vignes, Président du Syndicat national de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne:“In answer to the current international situation, our guest of honour, the Franco-American Museum of Blérancourt will present a retrospective of transatlantic relationships. At the moment of their reopening to the public and to mark the centenary of the intervention of the United States in WWI on the 6th April 1917, the museum’s collections will illustrate the endurance of the exceptional links that unite our two cultures. While our busy information age continues, these masterpieces in ink and paper are the sentinel of our collective memory.”

The Franco-American Library

With more than six thousand volumes, the Blérancourt museum library forms a unique resource covering Franco-American relations. The heart of the collection was built up by the first museum’s curator, André Girodie, and benefited from numerous donations from Anne Muray Vail.

The library offers a large range of works, old and new, whose thematic diversity reflects that of the museum: literary works, diplomatic works, military texts, first-hand accounts written by those who played a role in the two world wars as well as a large section on American art of the 19th and 20th centuries.

After extensive renovations including a major extension by the architects of Ateliers Yves Lion and a new layout by the Studio Adrien Gardère, the museum will open its doors again in 2017.

The new layout of the museum allows visitors to learn more about the links between the two nations, showing many historical documents, artworks and objects, as well videos that underline these relations between the 16th century and today.

During the 2017 fair, the museum will exhibit rare French-American works, engravings illustrating the transatlantic relationships as well as the important role of American libraries in France after WWI.

Rare Book Gallery

Sex Objects Mockup and Archive

KROLL, Eric

Danbury, NH: Addison House (1977) - Unique mockup and photographic archive of Eric Kroll's Sex Objects. SIGNED by Kroll on the first page, the... More

Danbury, NH: Addison House (1977) - Unique mockup and photographic archive of Eric Kroll's Sex Objects. SIGNED by Kroll on the first page, the mockup measures 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches, comprising twelve pages, eight reproductions from the book, and an alternate cover image. The archive includes fifteen 8 1/2 X 12 3/4 inch pre-publication proof sheets generated as Sex Objects was on press. Kroll's fondness for garish color is evident in the extreme saturation of these unique sheets. Archive also includes a spiral-ring binder comprised of 68 pages and clippings from articles, interviews, and reviews related to the 1977 release of Sex Objects, stored in clear plastic sheets. Features clippings from Art in America, The Houston Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsday, among other international magazines and newspapers. Rare document of one of the great unsung American photobooks of the 70s. Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers; reproductions in near fine condition. Less

Berlin, Reimer, 1916. - Oblong folio. 106 illustrations on 50 plates, each with separate title, in various sizes. With text booklet (2 ff., 16 pp.). Original half cloth portfolio. Rare photographic work documenting important cities and parts of the countryside in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photos were taken by the author during his travels between 1905 and 1915. The images of northern Hejaz, Mecca, and Medina, which Moritz was unable to visit, were taken by Turkish friends. The images also show the construction of the Hejaz Railway between Damascus and the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, as well as views of Medina, Mecca, Jeddah, Petra, and Jerusalem. - Plates and text are well preserved; portfolio shows slight traces of repairs. Less